Picture Quality with PVR-250, not very good

[Morphx2]

Well, I had a WinTV-GO card using DScaler and it was sharp and everything was perfect. So I figure this PVR-250 will look great in SageTV...but it doesnt :-\ I have quality on DVD Standard (whatever the highest setting is up there), and the Nvidia Codec (for some reason, properties wont pop up when right clicking the icon for it, any ideas?). The picture still doesn't look as good as it should.

Any ideas on how I can approve it? It needs to be sharper I think or something is missing to make it look real good

[kny3twalker]

use vmr9 rendering choose default decoder
then open the task bar ixon for nvidia and choose pixel adaptive
under deinterlace mode

[LegolasX21E]

Do a google search for "Hauppauge Registry Tricks" and click on the first result, once there download the sharpness reg edit file. open it, then reboot.

[kny3twalker]

you do not need to set the sharpness in the registry
you can do in the color calibration in SageTV

the settings I said will guarantee good PQ

but you do need to do the color calibration
by default the brightness is too high and everything could be fine tuned

[LegolasX21E]

where is the color calibration in sage (im a newbie) I have been using the nVidia VMR color settings (in the Display properties menu) to tune color in sage.
Also, I have been using the elecard decoder with the Two frame setting, and I get a great picture from a WinTV PVR-150 (practically the same as a 250).

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by LegolasX21E

where is the color calibration in sage (im a newbie)

The nice thing about the manual being in PDF format & already in your SageTV directory, is that you can use Adobe Reader to search for things in the document. But, you can find it in Setup -> Setup Wizard, then select your tuner, then choose Color Calibration. (I think I've got all the right terms there...)

- Andy

[Morphx2]

I told you before, I can not select properties for the Nvidia codec in the taskbar, nothing comes up. Is there a way to always make it show? Maybe that can do it

[stanger89]

Capture color calibration has nothing do do with codec settings.

[Morphx2]

I am messing with the color calibration mode now, cant really tell the difference.

I will try the other method of color calibration with the link you said

[mlbdude]

SageTV will override any color calibration settings in the registry with its setting so it is pointless to do it outside of SageTV.

[Morphx2]

Well, all the white bars for the histogram were above the level.

Everything else pretty much looks the same :-\

The only thing I can not do is open the properties of the Nvidia decoder

I am using a GeForce Ti4200 on a standard TV

[stanger89]

Might want to look at this as well.

[Morphx2]

Look at what? :-\

[stanger89]

That was a great post wasn't it, try here:
http://forums.sage.tv/forums/showthr...evel#post33617

[kny3twalker]

I told you before, I can not select properties for the Nvidia codec in the taskbar, nothing comes up. Is there a way to always make it show? Maybe that can do it

that is because you are choosing nvidia as the decoder
choose default as the decoder

[Morphx2]

The nvidia decoder doesnt even come up in the taskbar with default

Edit: It works now! WEeeee